About the Narrators
Steven Raichlen is an award-winning author, journalist, and television host. He has written more than two dozen books, including the international blockbusters The Barbecue Bible, How to Grill, and the New York Times bestselling Planet Barbecue. Each month, hundreds of thousands of visitors converge on his websites. He and his wife, Barbara, divide their time between Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts, and Coconut Grove, Florida.
Jennifer Coolidge grew up in Boston and attended Norwell High School. She began her comedy career in New York City with the Gotham City Improv group. She later moved to Los Angeles where she became a long time member of the Groundlings. Her television and film career began in 1990 when she appeared in Seinfeld. She may be best known for her role as Stifler’s mom in the American Pie movies. Coolidge is also known for her roles in Legally Blonde and Best in Show.
Stanley Tucci is an actor, writer, director, and producer. He has directed five films and appeared in over seventy films, countless television shows, and a dozen plays on and off Broadway. He has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a spoken word Grammy; is a winner of two Golden Globes and two Emmys; and has received numerous other critical and professional awards and accolades. He is also author of two cookbooks, The Tucci Table and The Tucci Cookbook.
Stephanie Caraway, a certified sommelier, began her career in New York working at a number of notable establishments such as Balthazar and the Cub Room. Moving on to Arizona, she studied in the cellar of Peter Kasperski, while managing the Wine Spectator Award–winning wine programs of Cowboy Ciao, Kazimierz, and Sea Saw. Subsequently, while with of Fox Restaurant Concepts, she was the steward of a quarter-million dollar wine program and was responsible for the education of the staff of several different restaurant concepts. Stephanie was honored by Food and Wine magazine, which named her one of the top sommeliers of 2010. She currently holds a position with Southern Wine & Spirits.
Kiff VandenHeuvel, voice talent and audiobook narrator, is originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and is an alumni of the Second City comedy theater. He is an accomplished improviser and sketch comedy director, and he teaches voice-over, improv, and directing at Second City Hollywood. He has appeared in hundreds of television and radio commercials and is well known in the video game community as the voice of Zachary Hale Comstock in Bioshock: Infinite.